[dpdk-dev] [PATCH 00/12] Patches for DPDK to support Power architecture

Thomas Monjalon thomas.monjalon at 6wind.com
Thu Nov 13 11:24:35 CET 2014


Hi Chao,

2014-09-26 05:36, Chao Zhu:
> The set of patches add IBM Power architecture to the DPDK. It adds the required support to the
> EAL library. This set of patches doesn't support full function on Power processors. Many functions
> are turned off in configuratidon. More patches will be added continuesly.
> 
> Chao Zhu (12):
>   Add compiling definations for IBM Power architecture
>   Add atomic operations for IBM Power architecture
>   Add byte order operations for IBM Power architecture
>   Add CPU cycle operations for IBM Power architecture
>   Add prefetch operation for IBM Power architecture
>   Add spinlock operation for IBM Power architecture
>   Add vector memcpy for IBM Power architecture
>   Add CPU flag checking for IBM Power architecture
>   Remove iopl operation for IBM Power architecture
>   Add cache size define for IBM Power Architecture
>   Add huge page sizes for IBM Power architecture
>   Add memory support for IBM Power Architecture

Could you share the status of the rework of these patches?
Maybe that some parts could enter in 1.8 as a preview.

-- 
Thomas


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